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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 569

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

705 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011



THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF



       CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

       NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI



EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING FROM 705 AM UNTIL NOON CDT.



HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.



THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 55

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF

LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS TO 30 MILES EAST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.  FOR

A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH

OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).



REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.



OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 568...



DISCUSSION...AN ORGANIZED MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM ADVANCING

SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH UPPER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF

THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AS WELL AS

NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...THIS MORNING.



AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550. MEAN STORM

MOTION VECTOR 31035.





...KERR/CORFIDI

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